Improvement in corn-planter and fertilizer



A. L. HOLCOMB. 1

. 1 1 A Con Plantr. l l A y No. 104,591. Patented June 21, 1870.

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ANDREW L. HEOLGOMB, 0F HOPEWELL, .NEW JERSEY.

Letters-Patent No. 104,591, latedl .Tune 2l, 1870.

-oom The Schedule .referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To'all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. Boncoup, of

Hopewell, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Coru- Planter' and Fertilizer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the lettersrof reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a side view of my machine. Figure 2, a rearview.

Figure 3, a plan. Figure 4, a sectional view of `the boxes and tube,

showing the internal arrangement of my device.

The object of my improvement is to deposit a 'sufficient amount of fertilizer and plant two rows f corn at the same time, with the requisite number of grains 1n each lull, by moving the machine at right angles to the furrows already made,.to be drawn by horse or v other power.

To enable others to make'use of my invention, I

. will .proceed to describe the same.

It" is constructed of a square frame, as shown 'by C in fig. 3, attached to the bottom of the axle E, with the board D placed horizontally to the axle, for the slides or valves to work upon, having lsmall holes cut therein at proper distances apart, for the contents of the thmblcs in the 'slides to drop through.

A and -B are boxes, placed two at each side of the `machine over the slides a andb,

Theboxes A are intended to contain the r-fertilizer,

" and the rod c with the lpins d running through the center thereof, and eonnectingwith the-internal gearing e e, is intended to keep the fertilizer constantly stirred up, so that the thimble will not clog.

The boxes B are smaller' than the boxes` A, and hold the corn or grain.

"lhe slideb consists of a flat piece of cast-iron, with a thimble at each end, so constructed with a movable slide onone side of the thimble, and held by a screw, as to open or close, in order to regulate the number cf grains required in eaclr hill.

lheslide a, fon the fertilizing-box A, is constructed in the same way as the slide b,witl 1 the exception of The tubes or drills F are made of cast-iron, and

tipped with steel, andahole or slot near thel ground,

iron, with a hole through thecenter `a little larger than the one in the tube. 'lhis slide, when closed, retains the corn and fertilizer in the tube which has been dropped from the upper thiin'bles, untilthe operator wishes vto deposit them in' the hill.

.lhe tubes F'are connected with the iront of the frame C by iron rods. A roller, G, is attachedto cach tube, with either ak flat'or concave periphery, for the purpose of leveling the earth after the grain and .fertilizer have been deposited.

' The tubes ,and rollers are connected, by chains, with the cross-beam I/,to which is attached the levcr h, for the purpose of raising the tubes, and rollers clear -ot' the ground whcnturning, or otherwiscnot in use.

'.lhe bcam'g is also connected, by a chain, with a rod .in iout of thc axle, at each end of which is a rweight attached bencath. t-hc beam lifi,^i`or thc purpose, 'when the .tubesnre down, of keeping them at the required depth. l

The slides a, b, and f are worked by means of the connecting-rods K, attached to the main vlever L, whiclaworking on. a pivot in au arm running down from the center of the axle, ilnparts the proper movement to the slides. When the hole in thc lower slide, "f, is opposite the hole in the tube, the upper slides are both closed, and vice tersa.

. OandY P, fig. 4, represent brushes, placed at cach end of each box, for the purpose oi sweeping the thimbles oli evenly. y

R, saine ligure, represents the box orhoppcr, which conveys the grain and fertilizerl into the tube F. g

M and N, fig. 3, represent a guide or marker, atvtached to the frame C, the end of the arm N, just reach- (ing the center of the axle, shows the operator when to move the slides, in order to drop the grain in its proper hill. This-marker can be shifted to either side of the machine, at his option7 by simply turning it over..

S, in same figure, shows the drivers seat, the op erator sitting b ehind ou one of tlie corn-boxes. Having thus fully described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. rlhe combination o f the hoppers A 15, brushes O l", stirrer c, with the slides a, b, and f,.dropping box R, lever L, and rods K, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. 'lhe marker M N, frame C, rollers G, chains and lever h, rock-shaft y, when arranged and constructed as herein set forth, for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my namc to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW L. llGLGOh/[I Witnesses z J. 1l'. BLAcKwnLr., lyV. l). Jornzm. 

